Sunday, June 3, 2012

"Captains and the Kings" is a 1972 historical novel by Taylor Caldwell
chronicling the rise to wealth and power of an Irish immigrant, Joseph Francis
Xavier Armagh, who arrives penniless as a teenager in the United States of
America. An inter-generational saga focusing on the themes of the American
dream, discrimination and bigotry in American life, and of history as made by a
cabal of the rich and powerful, it was one of the top 10 best-sellers of 1972,
as ranked by The New York Times Best Seller list. Caldwell drew heavily on
aspects of the Kennedy family, John D. Rockefeller and Howard Hughes.

Senator Bassett's personal history is spelled out in Fonda's one big scene
in the mini-series, as seen below:

As reincarnation exists in the Toobworld Dynamic, there is a possibility
that the soul of Senator Bassett was reborn as Judge Monte Stanton as seen in
"All The King's Men" (which was made for television in the 1950's.)

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Just An Old Cowhand On The TiVo Grande

As the Trickster once said, "Reality is boring, that's why I change it whenever I can."
I'm just "The Man Who Viewed Too Much", and "Inner Toob" is a blog exploring and celebrating the 'reality' of an alternate universe in which everything that ever happened on TV actually takes place.
Most of my theories about the TV Universe come from thinking inside the box and thus can't be proven. But I've never been one to shy away from a tall tale.....
Remember: "The more you watch, the more you've seen!"